BetaNews | Google Acquires Postini for $625 Million

For those of us using Google services such as Gmail and particularly Google Apps for Domains (both are free) we may see enhancements coming soon to certain Google services thanks to Google's acquisition of Postini. Postini provides corporate antispam, email archiving, and other "enterprise" services. It is not clear yet what Google plans to do with their latest acquisition, but the typical pattern usually includes Google incorporating the best features and releasing them for free and then charging for expanded features. As Google continues to look for ways to "organize the world's information," let's hope they also uphold their mantra to "do no evil."

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Google PhoneBook Name Removal

If you are one of those people who enjoy or even obsess over privacy issues, you might want to head over to Google's Phonebook Name Removal web site. Before you do, make a Google search for your ten digit phone number to see what comes up. If Google returns your phone number with your name and address you might then want to have yourself unlisted.

Link to Google PhoneBook Name Removal

BetaNews | Google to Unveil 'iGoogle' Branding

Google has pulled the wraps off of its personalized portal home page and have dubbed it iGoogle. One would hope Google knows what they are doing by using the lower-cased prefixed "i" in a brand name; the Apple, Inc. lawyers might start licking their chops.

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BetaNews | Google Adds Real-Time Traffic to Maps

BetaNews | Google Adds Real-Time Traffic to Maps

Google Maps just got better by adding real-time traffic to their mapping service. You can also browse Google Maps on your cell phone.

10 Tips to Refine Your Google Searching

Sometimes finding what you want from Google's search engine can be a chore. Informit.com has posted an article with ten useful tips to help you refine your search query to get you the results you are looking for.

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=675274&rl=1